Lubricant-distributer



(No Model.)

J. T. WATERS.

LUBRICANT DISTRIBUTER.

No. 363,565. Patented Ma 24, 1887.

UUTTFTEEEE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. W'ATER S, OF MASSILLON, OHIO.

LUBRICANT-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363.565, dated May 24-, 1887.

Application filed February 4, 1887. Serial No. 226,600. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, JOHN T. WATERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Massillon, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lubricant'Distributers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in lubricant-distributers, and more particularly to devices for distributing the oil or other lubricant from an auxiliary supply groove or reservoirlocated along the bottom of the groove in the shears of a planer upwardly along the sides of the movable platen, which is adapted to slide in the shears.

My invention further relates to and consists in the details of construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the end of the movable platen anda portion of the end of shears, showing the distributor attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of the distributer in front elevation. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the swinging abutment or scraper and the plate to which it is hinged. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section of the distributerwit-h the abutmeutor scraper in position to engage the lubricant in the groove in the shears, as when the movable platen is moving in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the abutment or scraper in the position which it assumes when the movable platen is returning.

As my invention relates only to means for distributing the lubricant, the planer or parts thereof will only be referred to in so far as necessary to a clear understanding of the invention and its operation.

A represents the shears of a planer, provided with the usual Vshaped groove, a, and Brepresents a movable platen adapted to fit and slide in the groove a.

At the bottom of the grooved the shear A is provided with a recess, b, having its sides and bottom I) b preferably atright angles to oneanother, forming a space between the bottom of the platen and the bottom I) of the recess, in which a quantity of some suitable lubricant may be placed or may accumulate.

cured. The said frame D may be constructed I of any suitable material, and is preferably of the form substantially as shown in the drawings, in which an upright bar or plate is provided with a pairof laterally-extending wings, (I, through which are perforations c to receive securing bolts or screws. The upright bar or plate is further provided along its upper portion with a pair of forwardly-extending lips, 01, between which a plate, F, is adapted to slidein vertical adj ustment, and along thelower portion of said upright bar or plate it is pro vided with apair of forwardly-extending guidecheeks, a, between which is a narrow slot, a, opening rearwardly into a recess or chamber, f, located at the rear lower central port-ion of the said bar or plate. The chamber f is intended to be about the same width as the recess b in the shear, and affords an opportunity for the abutment or scraper to swing back and forth, as will hereinafter appear.

The plate F is provided with a verticallyelongated slot, at, through which a setscrew, h, extends into a perforation, g, in the plate D, whereby the said plate may be locked in the desired vertical adjustment. The plate F is further provided with a pair of ears or lugs, h, between which the upper end of the abutment or scraper stem m is pivotally secured. The perforation tin the upper end of the abutment'stem, through which the pivotal bolt extends, is elongated in a vertical direction to admit of the limited rise and fall of the abutment, for the purposes which will hereinafter appear. The abutment stem at is preferably of the form substantially as shown, and is adapted to swing with an easy fit between the guide-cheeks a. It is provided at its lower rear portion with a pair of laterallyextending wings, 1', which spread out a combined distance about equal to the width of the recess I) in the shears and form the abutment or scraper E for forcing the lubricant along the said recess b. The abutment E is allowed a free swinging movement back and forth within'the:

chamber or recess f, and when swung to the limit of its stroke away from the end of the platen the upper end of the abutment engages a seat, 0, on the plate D, and when swung to the limit of its stroke in the opposite direction the stem m engages the front of the plate. Thus, while the abutment is free to swing, its stroke is positively limited at both ends. The lower web-like end, 8, of the stem m is of such curvature that when the abutment is swung on its pivotal point the lowermost point, w, of the curved end 8 will describe a larger circumference than the lower end of the abutment, and since the abutment is intended to be hung in such a position relatively to the bottom of the recess 1) that the end 8 will rest in'contact with the bottom of said recess the contact of the point wwith the bottom will tend to throw the abutment toward or away from the end of the platen, according to the direction in which the platen moves.

Grooves o are formed along the sides of the web 8, as shown, to prevent the lubricant from creeping up the sides of the stem m and direct it along to the bottom of the abutment and beneath the same when the platen-is on its returnstroke opposite to the direction of the arrow.

The operation is as follows: WVhen theplaten moves in the direction of the arrow, the abutment will be thrown into the position shown site direction, the abutment will be thrown into'the position shown in Fig. 5, which will elevate the lower end of the abutment above or up to the surface of the lubricant, and as the abutment rides along on the webs as a bearing it will pass freely over the lubricant.

The elongated perforation t in the upper end 5 of the stem-m will permit the free rise and fall of the stem as the abutment is swung. Thus the distributer serves to return to the sides of the movable platen the lubricant which has found its way along the sides down to the auX- time being adapted to rise and fall on its bear 60 ing as the platen is moved forward and back over the planer-shear,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the supportingframe removably secured to the end of the planer-slide, of an abutment, as E, pivoted thereto, the lower end of said abutment having a curved web, as s, the lower edge of the curved web being so formed that by a forward and backward movement of the said abutment on the bottom of the oil-groove b it may rise and fall, and thereby engage and ride over the oil in the groove, substantially as set forth.

3. An oil-distributer consisting, essentially, of a frame, .D, having an abutment recess or chamber,f, abutment E, and hinge-piece F, all combined substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of January, A. D. 1887.

JOHN T. \VATERS.

Vi t nesses:

CHAS. R. MILLER, \V. K. MILLER. 

